Climate change tops Chinese premier´s address at East Asia summit

The Chinese premier said adaptation to climate change is of the greatest concerns to developing countries and it is a major part of the efforts to address climate change.

Developed countries should "actively help developing countries build capacity for adaptation and managing weather-related disasters," Wen said.

China "has taken a number of policy measures to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and has made important progress in this effort" and the Chinese government takes environmental protection as a basic state policy, he said.

China has set specific targets on greenhouse gas emission control to be met in 2010, including cutting energy intensity of GDP by 20 percent from the 2005 level and freezing industrial emissions of nitrous oxide at the 2005 level, he said.

"China will shoulder its due international responsibilities and obligations," he added.

Wen also called on China's East Asian neighbors to join hands in addressing climate change and promoting harmonious, clean and sustainable development in East Asia.

At the end of the summit, Wen and leaders from Southeast Asian countries, South Korea, Japan, India, Australia and New Zealand signed the Singapore Declaration on Climate Change, Energy and the Environment.

Editor:Zhang Ning